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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An all-night siege in an upscale neighborhood of Afghanistan's capital has ended in the early hours of Wednesday morning with the deaths of four heavily armed attackers.
A top interior ministry official says no civilians or security personnel were injured or killed, and police seized weapons that included a rocket-propelled grenade launcher, three automatic rifles and a hand grenade.
The siege ended after 5 a.m. local time in a sustained barrage of automatic weapons fire and a series of huge explosions that resounded across the Wazir Akbar Khan district of downtown Kabul, home to many embassies and foreign firms.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in tweets on a recognized Twitter account. They referred to the target as "belonging to the occupiers," reiterating the insurgents' message that foreign installations are specific targets in the Afghan capital.
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APPHOTO KAB112: An Afghan security officer takes a position at a house near an ongoing attack on a guesthouse in Kabul Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 27, 2015. Heavy gunfire and explosions echoed through an upscale neighborhood in Afghanistan's capital late Tuesday night, as police surrounded a guesthouse popular with foreigners thought to be under attack by insurgents. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan) (27 May 2015)
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